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FEATURED COMMUNITY EVENTS
FEATURED APRIL EVENTS
- Apr 30: Bus with Ben
- Apr 30: 2018 Nehemiah Action Assembly!
- Apr 30: GOODSPRING: wine.music.food.art.purpose.
FEATURED MAY EVENTS
- May 1: Understanding the Community Reinvestment Act and Why it Matters
- May 1: Wide Angle Lunch: Featuring Sharon Richardson
- May 1: A Town Hall for Teachers
- May 1: Ben’s Big Lessons Presentation
- May 1: Laundry Matters Re-Launch Party
- May 3: Septima Clark Celebration
- May 3: Bike Rodeo
- May 3: IDEAS INTO ACTION: Improving Charleston’s Criminal Justice System
- May 3: Lowcountry Allies for Good Gathering
- May 3: IIA presents Improving Charleston’s Criminal Justice System
- May 3: First Annual Benefit – The Invisible Illnesses
- May 3: DGC Presents Men United Meet Up
- May 3: Sierra Club with Richard Porcher: The Lowcountry Landscape
- May 3: Street Party at the Gibbes
- May 5: Mr. Rocky Music Live at North Charleston Arts Fest Expo
- May 5: When I First Remember
- May 5: Kids Helping Kids Craft & Creations Bazaar
- May 6: 2018 March for Moms, Rally to Improve Birth
- May 6: Knitters’ Nautical Tea Party
- May 6: Eastside Jane Jacobs Walk
For more upcoming events, check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
GOOD NEWS
HOW TO ELIMINATE A FOOD DESERT
Germaine Jenkins and Fresh Future Farm got some state-wide love from the SC Business Review.
Check out the radio interview that inspired one listener to donate a truck the very same day!
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Welcome to Food Rescue US on Vimeo.
FEATURED GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
- Environmental Marketing grant
- Defending Basic Freedoms – Herb Block Foundation
- Mazda Foundation
- Harry Chapin Foundation
- Boeing charitable guidelines
10 Steps to a Kick-ass Grant Proposal
5 FREE RESOURCES
- Bonfire – Raise money with branded -t-shirts
- Later – free Instagram scheduling tool
- Join.me – free online meetings and web conferencing
- InvoiceExpert – free accounting software
- free guide to grant writing
GOOD IDEAS
- NYC’s Central Park to Go Carless
- Self-Aware Trash Cans, Other ‘Smart City’ Innovations Are On The Way
- Why I Want Community Organizers to Tell Me Where to Invest
- 10 cities named as finalists in Engaged Cities awards
- DC gets new electric bus fleet
INSTAGRAM SPOTLIGHT
If you are on instagram, check out the good folks recently featured on our @charlestongood feed…
@orangespotcoffee @bluebicyclebooks @cofcmfa
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